Waffle iron



A. T. SMITH WAFFLE IRON Filed Maioh 24. 1922 (v/M 2 mmws n l st tented @et. 27, 1925. I

liliiiliiih era ALVA '1. SMITl I, OF WINSTED, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 'IG THE FITZGERALD MANU FAOTURING- COMPANY, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NEGTICUT.

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Application filed March 24., 1922. Serial No. 546,231.

To (a l whom. it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALVA T. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVinsted, in the county of Litchfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in WVafiie Irons, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

-This invention relates to waliie irons, and more particularly to an improved handle for a waflie iron. v

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a waffle iron having hinged upper and lower heating sections, with a handle constructed and arranged so that it will'ht't the wafile iron as a whole for transporting ,it about from place to place, or will when one of said sections,- which handleis designed to either lock rigidly with the upper heating section for opening the waflle ron, or to lock rigidly with the lower heating section, so that the wallle iron can be lifted as a whole for transporting it from place to place.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a Wni'lle iron comprising hinged upperand lower heating sections, with a suitable handle permanently connected to one of said sections and shilltable relatively thereto, wherein the handle is constructed and arranged so that in one shifted position it will open the wattle iron and in another shifted position will lock the wattle iron in closed position and perinitit to be lifted bodily for transporting from one place to another. 1

Yet a further feature of this invention consists in the particular type of locking means for accomplishing the objects above set forth.

These and other objects will be apparent from a perusal of the following specification when taken in connection with the drawings.

In thedrawings Figure'l is a side elevation of the waffle iron in closed position, the handle being shown in dotted outline in its shifted positlon;

Fig. Qis a. plan view of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, the upper section being shown in dotted outline in its lifted position.

ie'ferring more particularly to the accompanying drawing. the waffle iron coniprises a. lower heating section I mounted on any type of legs or standards 2. This heating section may be heated in any desired manner, preferably by an electric heating coil, the connectors 3, 3 of which are shown as connectible to any source of electricity. The upper heating section 4: is hinged to the lower section 1 in any desired manner, in this instance, by the spaced hinges each of which is .provided as a loose hinge 5 of any desired form, which loose hinge 5 is provided with a downward projection 6 acting as a stop to hold the lid in extreme open position. The upper section 4: likewise has an electric heating coil therein terminating in the two outside connectors 7, 7 as is well known in the art. I

The j'iarticular feature of this invention {resides in the novel type ot' -handle cooperating with these heating sections"constructed and arr ingcd so that it can lift the wattle iron as a unitfor transportation from one point to another, or will lift the upper heating section so that it can swing about its pivot 5 thereby to open the wattle iron when desired. "While it is obvious that this handle may be constructed and arranged in many different ways for accomplishing this function. I desire to disclose the illustrated form of my invention as the preferred manner of carrying out this desired function. The handle 8 is preferably arranged in the form of a bail provided with a central wooden or heat insulating hand gripping portion 9.

The free ends of the bail 8 are each proltlt The upper heating section 4- is also provided 'with two pins 13 arranged in spaced relaeer tion to the pins ii and in the same plane therewith. This pin 13 is adapted to en gage in the open-ended slot 15 on the extreme end 12 of the bail. Each end 12 of the bail is provided at its lower port-ion with a slight extension 1% which is arranged as a continuation of one side of the slot 15. This extension 1% acts as a locking ledge in one shifted position of the handle (see Fi 8) for rigidly connecting this handle or ball to the upper section, so that the upper seclion can he swung on its pivot to open the allle iron. Midway between the slot 10 and the mien-ended slot 15. each end of the bail is provided with an intermediate locking slot 16 which is preferably shown as arranged at an angle to the plane passing through the slots it) and 15. By arranging this slot ill on an incline with relation to the plane passing through the slots 10 and 15 therp formed a lower lip or projection '16 wlnch passes under a locking pin 17 carried on the lower heating section when the handle 8 is shifted inwardly so that the pin ll lies in the extreme rear end of the slot it). In this position, the pin18 discngzages from the upper wall of the slot 15 so that the'hanclle can he swung about its pivot into vertical position, the slot- 16 thereby passing about the pin 17 so thatwhen the handle is lifted. the pin 17 will snugly engage in the end of the slot 16, and the projection or lip lil coining upwardly and forming the lip to prevent the handle from moving laterally. It will be seen that the pin i7 is arranged in a common plane with .tluvpin ii and substantially at right angles to the plane passing through the pins H and I ll hile this exact arrangement is not. necessary, it is preferred as producing: the most ei'l'eeting locking action in connec tion with the arrangement of slots illustrated.

lt will thus he seen that the handle provides a very simple and convenient arrangement for permittin; the wallie iron to he lifted lvoclily or for permitting the upper section to he swung on its hinges to open the wattle iron.

It must he llll(ltl.'-ill()l tl that the invention is not to he restricted to the construction illustrated, except in so far as the invention is limited by the terms of the claims as interpreted by the pri( art.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim as new anddesirc to secure by Lettcrslatent, is-

1. In a. wallle iron, interconnected upperv and lower heating sections, a handle permanently eonnected to one of said sections and iuesaoia constructed and arranged to look said sections together or to lock with and lift one of said sections relatively to the other seetion.

2. In a wafie iron, interconnected upper and l wer heating sections, handle perinanently connected with one ofsald sections and adapted to rigidly lock with either the i for Y5 fl. A wattle iron comprising upper and all lower heating sections hinged together a handle pivotally connected to the upper sec tion, and cooperative lOChlllfi means on said handle and on said upper and lower sections wherehy when said handle is shifted about 35 its pivot into predetermined positions, said handle will rigidly lock with either said upper or lower healing section.

51. wallle iron comprising hinged upper and lower heating sections, a hail handle having in each free end thereoi an elongated closed-ended slot. and a spaced open-ended slot arranged in a common plane, and a second open-ended slot arranged between and at an angle to the plane oil said slots, a

pin in said upper section passing through said, closed-ended slot, a second pin in said upper section spaced from and arranged in a common plane with said first pin. and a third pin carried by said lower section and arranged in a common plane with the pin passing through said closed-ended slot said plane being substantially at right angles to the first-mentioucd plane.

6. In a Will'lh iron comprisin uppe' and lower heating sections hinged togethen :1 handle pivotally connected to the upper section, means permitting and limiting a rectilinear moven'ienl of said handle, and respective means on the lower section engaging with said handle ailcr moven'ient in either of two planes to lock said handle in an operative position.

7. in a watlle li'OlL interconnected upper and lower heating scction.-: ,a handle perma-- 11 nently connected to one of said sections and constructed and arranged adjacent the end thercot to either positively engage with the lower ol said sections to raise the iron as a whole, or with the upper ot' said sections to raise said section only.

in testimony whereof, i allix my signature.

ALVA 'l". fiih'lllll. 

